The fireworks will indicate the start of the Festivities of Zapote, from December 25th to January 3rd. Undoubtedly, this is the biggest activity in San José at the end of the year, which attracts thousands of local and foreign visitors, who add some extra fun to their travel vacations by visiting the fairgrounds.

This is a special time to enjoy family trips and group tours in Costa Rica. The variety of surprises and activities is really big, but, among all interesting options, there is one which powerfully attracts the public attention: the Costa Rican style bullfights, where at least two hundred amateur bullfighters face a fierce bull, and try to do the best performance in front of the excited public. That is one more good reason for many people to enjoy Costa Rica tours in December.

The bullfights “a la tica”, as the Costa Rican style is known, include the bull-rides, where the riders ride the bull for as many seconds as they can, while a lot of local and a few foreign amateur bullfighters run around the bull, to touch and to face him. This show is really fun to watch, especially the moments when improvised bullfighters jump up on the fence at the last second to avoid the fierce bull.

Before this show, the public enjoy the fireworks, a comic show with a group of clowns facing a bull, and the professional bullfights, where real bullfighters face the bull to the rhythm of “ole, ole”. In Costa Rica, they don´t have permission to kill the bull, so this is not a bloody show, as occur in other countries. That is way thousands of travelers prefer spend time from their vacation travels at the Costa Rican show.

People who visit the country on December have the opportunity to know more about Costa Rica culture, and popular activities. Hotels in San José offer good discounts for early booking, and travel agencies have a lot of different favorable options for travelers, from cheap deals to Costa Rica to all inclusive vacation packages. Get yours and come to enjoy this wonderful time and share the festivities with gently people from this beautiful country.